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Brody, Sidney F.

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role Collector
dates 1916-1983
city Los Angeles
stateCA
other citiesDavenport, IA; Cambridge, MA;
sex M
historical notes Sidney "Sid" F. Brody was a Los Angeles real estate investor, civic leader, art collector and patron.

Brody and his wife Frances "Francie" Lasker Brody began collecting art in the 1950's at the urging of Frances’ father and step mother, Albert and Mary Lasker. They collected nineteenth and twentieth century paintings, drawings and sculptures.

The Brody collection included work by, among others, Moore, Braque, Bonnard, Picasso, Giacometti, Chagall, Degas, Dufy, Matisse, Renoir and Rodin, as well as Calder mobiles, Etruscan artifacts and Japanese prints.
decades
of activity
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
updated 10/31/2024 13:33:19
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Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd
Art and Technology Archive. see details...
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
Artist file: Brody, Sidney F., miscellaneous uncataloged material. see details...

see also:
Brody, Frances Lasker
Lasker, Mary
Lasker, Albert Davis, 1880-1952